"I feel good about the middle school being done by Aug. 28, with no issues. Liberty, they’ve made a lot of headway since last week. 95 percent of the ceiling is in. We have carpet in the administration area. All the mechanicals are in. We’re trending in the right direction," Clary said.

He admits that finishing by Aug. 28 will be a bigger challenge at Liberty.

“But every day you can see progress,” he said. “When you see the painters in, you can’t be far.”

Below is a series of pictures and captions. Click on the pictures to begin scrolling through.

This gallery focuses on the work being done at Saline Middle School and Liberty School.

Director of Facilities Rex Clary speaks with Clark Construction's Mark Paulus about a new wrinkle in a work plan.

The Saline Middle School auditorium was abated. The old chairs were removed and some were donated to other schools in the county. There are new chairs, new carpet, paint and wall coverings.

The Saline Middle School classrooms have new carpet and new baseboards.

The Saline Middle School bathrooms have new lighting and new partitions.

The old SMS media center has been replaced by the Hornet Hot Spot. It will have enough room for four to five classes to use at once.

There are new audio and video studios being installed in the Hornet Hot Spot. There are also collaborative workspaces like the one above.

Outside the main office, in front of the school, they are building new curbs and sidewalks. There are a few new parking spaces.

There’s new LED lighting in the middle school gym. They have also opened the skylights for more lighting. There are also new controls. It will soon be painted.

The middle school drop off behind the middle school includes a dedicated boulevard and crosswalk for students exiting the middle school for activities. Two middle school students were hit in five years. Officials hope this increases safety.

Most of the construction workers are stationed at Liberty School.

The middle school cafeteria and Liberty gym are being used for storage. There are also seven semi trailers of goods stored elsewhere.

Classrooms at Liberty are being brought up to the standards you’d expect at the high school. There’s new floor and new paint.

The bathrooms are being redone in the alternative high school

Community Education will now be across the hall from where it was once located in the media center.

The media center is being renovated.

The media center at liberty is being renovated to include a new private meeting room.

The north doors on the east side of the building, which lead to the administration offices and community ed will be unlocked. But the parts of the building hosting Pooh Corner and Saline Alternative High School will be secured with a buzzer system.

There will be a new playground outside Pooh Corner, which is located on the north side of the building.

Here are the new classrooms for Pooh Corner at Liberty School.

Here are the new classrooms for Pooh Corner at Liberty School.

There’s a new parking lot behind Liberty School to protect Pooh Corner kids from the traffic on the Heritage bus loop.

Two small boilers replace two 22-year-old boilers. A third will be installed. The old ones will be replaced. They’re more efficient. They’ll save a lot of money.

Tran Longmoore is a veteran community journalist. He is founder and owner of TheSalinePost.com. He is co-publisher of The Saline Post weekly newspaper. Email him at [email protected] or call him at 734-272-6294.